Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROPHET AND PRIEST, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE First Line: Two selves I am: unlike these seem to be Last Line: And life of god. Subject(s): Prophecy & Prophets | ||||||||
TWO selves I am: unlike these seem to be As west and east: One is the prophet in me, as in thee, And one the priest. The prophet lets the future mould his plan; The priest the past: The prophet marches in the column's van; The priest comes last. The prophet takes the spirit for a guide; The priest his book: One learns the truth that brushes by his side; One does not look. The prophet lifts his heart up when he prays; The priest his hands: The prophet, acting, thinks; the priest obeys, Nor understands. The prophet, preaching, keeps the goal in view; The priest his creed: The prophet stirs; the priest, when words are through, Forgets the deed. Something the prophet suffersscorn of lip, Or stroke of rod But gains the vision, wins the fellowship And life of God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEDITATION ON SAVIORS by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON MERLIN'S PROPHESY by WILLIAM BLAKE SPELT FROM SIBYL'S LEAVES by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE NEW EZEKIEL by EMMA LAZARUS A WORM FED ON THE HEART OF CORINTH by ISAAC ROSENBERG SARAH'S CHOICE by ELEANOR WILNER A FRAGMENT FROM THE AGAMEMNON OF AESCHYLOS by AESCHYLUS A LADY'S PORTRAIT by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE |
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